The rain increases the risk of melioidosis, a bacterial infection linked to exposure to contaminated floodwaters. According ...

A potentially deadly virus was detected for the first time in Queensland’s capital as the state health authority issued warnings about the mosquito-borne disease in the wake of extreme weather ...

Queensland is facing a vape storage crisis as tens of thousands of confiscated devices pile up, prompting urgent law changes ...

The potentially deadly mosquito-borne virus Japanese encephalitis has been detected in Brisbane for the first time.

In January, Queensland recorded its first locally-acquired case of Japanese Encephalitis Virus (JEV) since 2022, likely ...

Health authorities in Townsville are urging people to take precautions following a rare diphtheria diagnosis and a growing ...

Health authorities are on high alert after another melioidosis death in North Queensland amid fears the disease is occurring ...

The Central Queensland Hospital and Health Service is investigating the third incident of a patient wandering from one of its ...

Koalas from a population north of the Brisbane River have evolved a unique genomic immunity to the killer retrovirus ...

Seven people have now died from melioidosis in flood-ravaged north Queensland this year. Dozens of cases have been reported in the state in recent weeks, which experts have described as unprecedented.

The Opposition has claimed the Government is slashing health worker’s roles and operating hours at Nurse Led Clinics after a whistleblower came forward to raise concerns. The State Opposition ...

Almost one in five Aussies are choosing to go without private health insurance and pay the Medicare Levy Surcharge, with ...